CHAPTER : 5How do you greet people who’ve just been as offensive as possible? Fish came around Dodo’s big car and crossed in front of de Gradoff’s sleek black car considering the problem with detached interest. But it was academic. Dodo was there alone, with Moulton putting glasses and a fresh thermos of ice on the bar.
“Darling . . . welcome to Enniskerry!”
She came gaily over to the steps, hands out, and bent forward to kiss him lightly on the cheek. “Did I leave my compact and pills at your place?” she whispered. He brought them out of his pocket. She closed her hand over them and slipped the pill bottle down her bra as she put her other hand in his arm to lead him across to the bar.
“Nobody’s down yet.”
“Two of us are, darling.”
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